The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forerank \Fore"rank`\, n. The first rank; the front.
Wiktionary
n. The first rank; the front.
Usage examples of "forerank".
Thus, without considering the consequences, I found myself in the forerank of the battle host.
Those in the rear force their way forward even as the forerank folds inward upon itself.
The battle suddenly shifted front to back: the Vandal foreranks with their guiding battlelords were trapped behind the press of their own men.
After a time, one of the standard-bearers moved from his place in the forerank, advanced a few places and stopped.
And so it was that when they came within sight of the village they were met by a great crowd of laughing, shouting Gallas, and in the forerank were the father and mother of Fejjuan, their eyes blinded by the tears of love and joy that welled at sight of this long gone child.
The forerank of warriors stumbled backward as the screaming battle host threw themselves headlong onto our weapons.
The forerank faltered, sagged, and then broke, as brave men turned their backs and ran from the fight.
Blessed among men, I was favoured to ride at my king's right hand in the foreranks of the fight.
Give them the welcome cup in your halls of splendour, and make a place for them in the forerank of your Heavenly Host.
Scanning the throng of warriors, I was surprised to see the man who had been shot standing in the forerank once more.